Simplifier, Gardener, Trainer
If you have been following my blog, you know I have been in the exploration mode for the last few years. Be it attending farming, Jeevan Vidya, Mud House Building Workshops, Art of Hosting training, understanding how Nature, Culture & Economy come together; doing Diploma in Experiential Education, trying out homeschooling for kids and living … Read more
After visiting Jeevika Ashram, Jabalpur alone in Nov ’25 for the Nature, Culture & Economy course and with family in Jan ’26 for the Ashram’s annual Basant Utsav program, I wanted to visit in the summer again, combining it with our visit to my hometown. The earlier thought was just to visit and stay at the Jeevika … Read more
Over the last few months I had been sitting with questions on how parenting & teaching should evolve with the advancement and usage of AI. To find out the answers, I reached out to many parents/teachers to have open discussions. Apart from people who gave me dedicated time, I brought up the topics whenever I … Read more
Last year we decided to homeschool our children, and I was delivering trainings on GenAI. We were new to homeschooling, and with GenAI, things were/are moving at a pace I could not get a complete hang of. To get some grounding while dealing with both, I decided to join the DEEP (Diploma in Experiential Education & … Read more
In November ’25 I attended a 10-day course—”Nature, Culture & Economy | प्रकृति, समाज और अर्थव्यवस्था“—which was offered by Pagdandi Collective at the Jeevika Ashram, Jabalpur. It was attended by about 20 participants. The course has changed the way I look at history, understanding of village ecosystems, economics, and much more. Following are some of my learning from the course. … Read more
Last year (2025), we did a bit of experiment with our life. We chose to stay in a village and do homeschooling of our kids. We joined a group of parents to form a community to eventually live in a farm after 1-2 years. Though that did not eventually happen for us, as we decided … Read more
There are many blog posts which are pending, which I would get to eventually but I decided to put down my thoughts after hosting a discussion on AI for Parents & Teachers. While preparing for the discussion I explored the current AI curriculum of CBSE board for class 9th, 10th, 11th to 12th and I … Read more
I came to know about this course mid last month and immediately decided that I should join this. What caught my eyes was the clarity of thought using which the article was written and the location of the course, which is my hometown, Jabalpur. To submit the application we have to through following content :- … Read more
Before I share the updates about the on-ground progress, I would like to quickly touch upon the theory session we had earlier. First we looked at examples of ancient natural buildings, which have stood for many centuries. After the invention of portland cement and its variants, we moved away from the natural buildings and it’s good that … Read more
In Oct’24 Krishna Ji and I decided to join the month-long mud house building workshop in March’25 in Himachal. For me the intention was to build a small mud house at Dhanvi after completing it but now it seems it would be more than that. More details about other plans later. In this blog I … Read more